The Mexican brand Dolores, owned by Grupo PINSA, launched a new line of premium tuna products on August 8 at an event held in Mexico City. Ten novel items will hit retail shelves soon,...
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Vanuatu Introduces VDS For Seiners In Its EEZ
The Vanuatu government's coffers will soon benefit now that the island nation can charge purse seiners and longliners licensing fees to fish in its waters under the Vessel Day Scheme (VDS). It...
Is American Tuna In Hot Water After US Buyer Demands Class Certification?
A US consumer has asked a Californian federal judge for class certification in the lawsuit against American Tuna Inc. and its corporate parent, World Wise Foods. The US labeling law does not...
Bougainville PNG Island On Mission To Start Tuna Cannery
A delegation from Bougainville, an autonomous island of Papua New Guinea, is on a fact-finding mission to explore the opportunities to establish a tuna cannery on its soil in partnership with...
Fate Of Deep-Sea Mining In Tuna-Rich Pacific Hangs In The Balance
Environmentalists and people in the tuna sector heaved a sigh of relief after the International Seabed Authority (ISA) postponed discussions on the controversial commercial deep-sea mining...
Mozambique Reduces Seiner License Fee To Attract Foreign Vessels
The Mozambican government has drastically reduced tuna fishing license fees for foreign-flagged seiners and longliners fishing in its EEZ to less than half of the 2018 rates. The new...
Lower Skipjack Catches Pushed Down WR Tuna Supply To Thailand In H1
A sharp fall in skipjack whole rounds weakened the overall supply of raw material to Thai canneries in the first half of 2023. It was propelled by low volumes of tuna catches from major WCPO...
Low Demand Prevents Poor Catches Driving Up BKK Skipjack Price
A relative balance between supply and demand – both being low – is keeping the entire Bangkok skipjack market almost level with only slight movement in the trading prices for frozen...
World Bank Funds USD 9 Mln To Fight Pacific Ocean IUU Fishing
The World Bank approved USD 9 million in funding for a program to strengthen the regional collaboration to safeguard the ocean through the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA)....
NGOs Submit Concerns Ahead Of WCPFC Scientific Committee Meeting
The WCPFC 19th Regular Session of the Scientific Committee meeting is nearing, and NGOs have already submitted their suggestions to the RFMO before the event. Some of the top concerns on the...
Thai Union’s Net Profit Nosedived In Q2, Canned Tuna Sales Improved
Thai Union Group’s second-quarter turnover was much improved from the slow start in 2023 but it was still a far cry from its performance in 2022. Its canned tuna business saw very modest...
Costa Rican Govt Sells USD 1.2 Mln Tuna Quota
Costa Rica has licensed three foreign-flagged purse seiners to fish in its waters, and in return, receives USD 1.2 million destined for the Costa Rican Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute...
Court Will Not Penalize Plaintiff & Counsel In Subway “No Tuna” Lawsuit
Subway Restaurants will not be getting its way to penalize a plaintiff who brought a lawsuit against it for claiming that the company does not have tuna in its sandwiches. A Californian...
Vietnam Inks Deal On Duty Free Tuna Exports To Israel
Under the deal signed on July 25, Vietnamese tuna products are now subject to zero import tariff to Israel. This new pact is expected to boost the annual bilateral trade by...
US NGO Wants “Unconditional Observer” Status At WCPFC For More Transparency
The WCPFC has two crucial meetings coming up this year – the Technical and Compliance Committee session in September and the annual Commission gathering in December. Newly founded...
Dongwon F&B Beats Profits Expectations
Dongwon Food & Beverage, leading in the domestic canned tuna market, published its first half-year numbers. The expectations for the turnover and operating profit of the second quarter...
Vietnam Loses US Tuna Steak Orders To South American Competitors
Vietnamese tuna exports plummeted dramatically by 31 percent in the first half of 2023. The Vietnam Seafood Producers and Exporters (VASEP) attributed the decline to high raw material prices...
Azores Limits Skipjack Landings For Warehouse Modernization
The Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, is limiting the skipjack (also called bonito regionally) landings due to the “modernization of its Madalena do Pico warehouse.” This is...
Tuna Boat’s Heroic Rescue Of Australian Sailor And Other Social Media Trends
The heartwarming rescue story of a 51-year-old Australian man, Timothy Shaddock, and a stray dog Bella who was with him at sea continues to circulate on social media. Timothy and...
IOTC Allots Higher Yellowfin Catch Limits For Seychelles And China
The yellowfin catch limits for 2023 have been re-estimated after the 27th Session of the IOTC meeting held on July 26. China and Seychelles were allocated an additional 377 M/T and 1,145...
